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The God of Creative Power
Commentators emphasize that God is described by His unique power: He "gives life to the dead" and "calls the things that are not, as though they were." This refers specifically to His ability to bring about a child from the physically "dead" bodies of Abraham and Sarah, and more broadly to His power to create reality with His word and bring spiritually dead people to life.
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Albert Barnes
On Romans 4:17
18th Century
Theologian
As it is written (Genesis 17:5).
I have made you. The word used here in the Hebrew (Genesis 17:5) …
AT Robertson
On Romans 4:17
A father of many nations (πατερα πολλων εθνων). Quotation from Ge 17:5. Only true in the sense of spiritual children as already ex…
Charles Ellicott
On Romans 4:17
19th Century
Bishop
Before him.—Rather, in the presence of. These words are to be connected closely with those which precede the parenthesis:…
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Charles Spurgeon
On Romans 4:16–17
19th Century
Preacher
To the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; …
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Romans 4:17
The thought moves on to consider that Abraham’s justification was apart from any law or legal considerations. Paul speaks of a promise received by …
John Calvin
On Romans 4:17
16th Century
Theologian
Whom he believed, who quickens the dead, etc. In this circuitous form is expressed the very substance of Abraham’s faith, so that…
John Gill
On Romans 4:17
17th Century
Pastor
As it is written I have made you a father of many nations ,
&c.] The passage referred to, is in ([Reference Genesis …
Matthew Henry
On Romans 4:13–22
17th Century
Minister
The promise was made to Abraham long before the law. It points to Christ, and it refers to the promise in Genesis 12:3: In Thee shall all famil…